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Roman Catholic diocese in Italy
Diocese of Rimini
Dioecesis Ariminensis
Tempio Malatestiano Cathedral, Rimini
Location
CountryItaly
Ecclesiastical provinceRavenna-Cervia
Statistics
Area781 km (302 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics		(as of 2022)
358,500 (est.)Increase
285,800 (est)Decrease (79%)
Parishes143
Information
DenominationCatholic Church
Sui iuris churchLatin Church
RiteRoman Rite
Established3rd century
CathedralBasilica Cattedrale di S. Colomba
Secular priests136 (diocesan)Decrease
35 (religious Orders)Decrease
58 Permanent DeaconsIncrease
Current leadership
PopeFrancis
BishopNicolò Anselmi
Map
Website
www.diocesi.rimini.it

The Diocese of Rimini (Latin: Dioecesis Ariminensis) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church in Emilia Romagna, Italy. From earliest times, it was a suffragan to the Holy See, despite repeated attempts by the Diocese of Ravenna to claim it as a suffragan diocese. Since 1604, however, it has been a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Ravenna-Cervia.

The episcopal see is in the cathedral of Rimini, Tempio Malatestiano, dedicated to the Holy Spirit (Sancta Columba). The cathedral was staffed and administered by a Chapter, composed of two dignities (not "dignitaries"), the Provost and the Archdeacon, and twelve Canons.

From 17 November 2022, Nicolò Anselmi is the 111º bishop of di Rimini. He succeeded to Francesco Lambiasi who had reached the age of retirement.

History

Rimini was probably evangelized from Ravenna. Among its traditional martyrs are: St. Innocentia and companions (who only became celebrated in the 15th century); Saints Juventinus, Facundinus, and companions; Saints Theodorus and Marinus. The see was probably established before the peace of Constantine.

Rimini's cathedral was dedicated to the Holy Spirit (Spirito Santo), and familiarly called S. Columba (the Holy Dove).

The dates assigned to Gaudentius of Rimini, considered the city's proto-bishop, are controversial. One tradition, represented in a martyrological Passio written between the 8th and 12th centuries, makes him an Ephesian who came to Rome c. 290, and was consecrated a bishop by Pope Damasus I (366–384). In another tradition, found in a codex of the 11th or 12th century, Christianity was first preached in Rimini by the priest Leo of Montefeltro and the deacon Marinus, in the time of Diocletian and Maximianus, who were followed by Gaudentius, who was consecrated to be the first bishop. Bishop Gaudentius was later put to death by the Arians for having excommunicated the priest Marcianus.

The famous Council of Rimini against Arianism was held in May 359, presided over by Bishop Restitutus of Carthage, with more than 400 Western bishops present, some eighty of them Arians. It was an assembly intended by the Emperor Constantius to meet paralleled by the eastern bishops' council of Seleucia, as a substitute for one general ecumenical council. Pope Liberius, however, was neither present nor represented by delegates. The Emperor was represented by his Prefect Taurus. The Synod unanimously approved the decisions of Nicaea, especially the use of the expression ousia, pronounced the anathema upon each separate point of Arianism, and (on 21 July 359) declared Bishops Ursacius, Valens, Germinius, and Caius (Auxentius and Demophilus) to be heretics and deposed.

Bishop Stephanus was one of fourteen bishops at Constantinople with Pope Vigilius. He signed Vigilius' excommunication and deposition of Bishop Theodorus (14 May 553).

Bishop Castor (591–599) was assigned a "Visitor", Bishop Leontius of Urbino, by Pope Gregory I, due to Castor's illness.

Bishop Agnellus (743) was perhaps the first bishop, according to sources in Rimini, to meddle with the magistrates of the city, on orders of the pope.

Peter Damiani, in his book, Liber Gratissimus, addressed to Archbishop Henricus of Ravenna, pointed out Bishop Ubertus (1005–1015) as a simoniac, who had paid a large sum of cash for his bishopric, and yet was revered and respectable.

Opizo was one of the bishops who installed and crowned the Antipope Clement III (Guiberto, 1075) in the Lateran in 1084; Ranieri II degli Uberti (1143) consecrated the ancient cathedral of St. Colomba; Alberigo (1153) made peace between Rimini and Cesena; Bonaventura Trissino founded the hospital of Santo Spirito; under Benno (1230) some pious ladies founded a hospital for the lepers, and themselves cared for the afflicted. At the end of the thirteenth century the Armenians received at Rimini a church and a hospital.

From November 1408, Pope Gregory XII resided at Rimini, as the guest of its Lord, Carlo Malatesta, to whom he had fled from Siena, to which he had fled from Lucca on 14 July 1408. In September 1409, having attempted without success to hold an ecumenical council at Cividale, in the diocese of Aquileia, he fled to Gaeta in the Kingdom of Naples, by ship. He was banished from the Kingdom of Naples on 31 October 1411, and again sought protection from Carlo Malatesta at Rimini. On 4 July 1415, he resigned as pope. He died at Recanati on 18 October 1417.

Giovanni Rosa united eleven hospitals of Rimini into one. Under Bishop Giulio Parisani (1549) the seminary was opened on 18 March 1568. Giambattista Castelli (1574–1583) promoted the Tridentine reforms and was nuncio at Paris, arriving there on 14 June 1581 and dying there on 27 August 1583.

On 14 December 1604, Pope Clement VIII, reversing the centuries long policy of his predecessors, removed the diocese of Rimini from the direct supervision of the Holy See, and assigned it as a suffragan of the archdiocese of Ravenna.

French occupation

In March 1796, Napoleon Bonaparte was appointed commanding general of the French invasion of northern Italy. His victory at Lodi, on 10 May 1796, placed him in control of the Piedmont and Lombardy, and by 30 May all of north Italy, except for Mantua, was in his hands. When the armies of the French Republic invaded the Romandiola in 1796, Bishop Vincenzo Ferretti (1779-1806) was forced to flee Rimini, with all his personal property. He sought refuge in San Marino, which, up until that time had been part of the papal states. But when the French general Berthier sent a letter ordering the magistrates to arrest and hand over Ferretti, the magistrates replied that they would do everything they could to carry out the French order. In the meantime, Ferretti had escaped.

In February 1797, French forces invaded the Romagna (Romandiola); the Papal States were forced to surrender, and, by the Treaty of Tolentino of 19 February 1797, handed over to the French the "Three Legations" (Bologna, Ferrara, and the Romandiola), including Rimini. The tree of liberty was planted at Rimini on 6 April 1797. By mid-April 1797, Bishop Ferretti was back in Rimini; there had been a violent disturbance in Rimini against the French on 13 April, and the bishop held a public banquet to placate the French officials. On 29 June 1797, Bonaparte decreed the establishment of the Cisalpine Republic, with its capital at Milan, to which Rimini was annexed. Rimini became the capital of the new French-style department called "Rubicone".

Laws based on those of the French Republic were immediately put in force. In July 1797, all the monasteries of Rimini were closed and the monks expelled. The mendicant orders (Franciscans, Dominicans, and Capuchins) were dissolved. On 20 December 1797, Bishop Ferretti published a pastoral letter in his diocese, declaring that God was the patron and protector of all liberty, and that God was as acquiescent in a monarchical as a democratic regime, provided that religious liberty was not interfered with. But in the spring of 1798, the Directory of the Cisalipine Republic ordered a large reduction in the number of public religious festivals.

Because of the damage caused by the earthquake of 1786, and subsequent tremors, the liturgical functions of the cathedral had to be transferred to the church of S. Giovanni Evangelista, popularly called S. Agostino. When Bishop Vincenzo Ferretti was in Milan to attend the coronation of Napoleon Bonaparte as King of Italy, he obtained the decree allowing for the transfer of the episcopal seat to the Tempio Malatestiano (officially known as S. Francesco).

Diocesan Synods

A diocesan synod was an irregularly held, but important, meeting of the bishop of a diocese and his clergy. Its purpose was (1) to proclaim generally the various decrees already issued by the bishop; (2) to discuss and ratify measures on which the bishop chose to consult with his clergy; (3) to publish statutes and decrees of the diocesan synod, of the provincial synod, and of the Holy See.

Bishop Giulio Parisani (1550–1574), who had attended the Council of Trent, held diocesan synods, in accordance with the decrees of the council, on 17 June 1566 and again on 28 October 1572. Bishop Giovanni Battista Castelli (1574–1583) held his first diocesan synod on 9 May 1577. On 19 June 1578, he held his second synod. He held his third diocesan synod on 16 June 1580. Bishop Giulio Cesare Salicini (1591–1606) presided over the diocesan synod of 10 June 1593; he held a second synod on 27 May 1596, and another on 9 May 1602.

Bishop Cipriano Pavoni, O.S.B. (1619-1627) held a diocesan synod in 1624. A diocesan synod was held by Bishop Angelo Cesi (1627-1646) on 14–16 May 1630. He held a second synod on 6–8 June 1639. Bishop Federico Sforza (1646-1656) presided over a diocesan synod on 18–20 May 1654. A diocesan synod was held by Bishop Honorato Honorati of Urbania at the order of Bishop Marco Galli (1659-1683) of Rimini on 4–6 October 1660. Galli was not present; he had been sent as ordinary papal nuncio to Cologne on 9 October 1659, and did not return until 1666. Bishop Honorati also conducted diocesan visitations in 1660 and 1666. Bishop Gallio conducted a synod personally on 17–19 December 1674. Cardinal Domenico Maria Corsi (1687-1697) held a diocesan synod in the cathedral in 1696. Cardinal Gianantonio Davia (1698-1726 ) held a synod on 19–21 May 1711.

Bishops of Rimini

to 1200

...
  • Eutychius ? (4th cent.)
...
  • Joannes ? (496)
...
  • Stephanus (attested 551, 553)
  • Castorius (attested 592–599)
Leontius (attested 596) Visitor?
Sebastianus (attested c. 596–599) Visitor
  • Joannes (attested c. 599–603)
...
  • Paulus (attested 679)
...
  • Agnellus (attested 743)
...
  • Tiberius (attested 769)
...
  • Stephanus (attested 826)
...
  • Joannes (attested 861)
...
  • Delto (attested 876–881)
...
...
  • Joannes (attested 967–968)
...
  • Hubertus (attested 996–998)
  • Joannes (attested 998)
...
  • Hubertus (attested 1009–1015)
  • Monaldus (attested 1024–1036
...
  • Humbertus (attested 1053–1065)
...
  • Opizo (attested 1070–1086)
...
  • Rainerius (attested 1122–1144)
...
  • Albericus (attested 1171)
  • Joselinus (attested 1179)
  • Rufinus (1185–1192)
  • Hugo (c. 1193–1203)

1200 to 1500

  • Bonaventura Trissino (1204–1230)
  • Benno (1230–1242)
  • Gualterius (attested 1243)
  • Ranerius (attested 1244)
  • Ugolinus, O.P. (1245–1249)
  • Algisius Rosatta (1250–1251)
  • Jacobus (attested 1251–1261)
  • Hugo (1263–1264)
  • Ambrosius, O.P. (1265–1277)
  • Guido de Caminate (1278–1300)
  • Laurentius Balacco, O.P. (1300–1303)
  • Fridericus Balacco (1303–1321)
  • Franciscus Silvestri (1321–1323)
  • Hieronymus, O.P. (1323–1328)
  • Guido de Baisio (1329–1332)
  • Alidusius (1332–1353)
  • Andreas (1353–1362)
  • Angelus Toris (1362–1366)
  • Geraldus Gualdi (1366)
  • Bernardus de Bonavalle (1366–1371)
  • Ugolinus (1371–1373) Administrator
  • Lialis Malatesta (1374–1400)
  • Bartholomaeus Barbati (1400–1407)
  • Bandellus Bandelli (1407–1416)
  • Girolamo Leonardi, O.E.S.A. (1418–1435)
  • Cristoforo di San Marcello (1435-1444)
  • Bartolomeo Malatesta (1445–1448)
  • Jacopo Vagnucci (1448–1449)
  • Lodovico Grassi (1449–1450)
  • Egidius de Carpi (1450–1472)
  • Bartolomeo Coccapani (1472–1485)
  • Joannes (1485–1488)
  • Giacomo Passarelli (1488–1495)
Cardinal Oliviero Carafa (1495–1497) Administrator
  • Vincenzo Carafa (1497–1505) Bishop-Elect

1500 to 1800

  • Simon Bonadies (1511–1518)
  • Fabio Cerri dell'Anguillara (1518-1528)
Franciotto Orsini (1528-1529) Administrator
Antonio Maria Ciocchi del Monte (1529-1529) Administrator
  • Ascanio Parisani (1529-1549)
  • Giulio Parisani (1550–1574)
  • Giovanni Battista Castelli 1574–1583)
  • Vincenzo Torfanini (1584–1591)
  • Giulio Cesare Salicini 1591–1606)
  • Berlingerio Gessi (1606-1619)
  • Cipriano Pavoni, O.S.B. (1619-1627)
  • Angelo Cesi (1627-1646)
  • Cardinal Federico Sforza (1646-1656)
  • Tommaso Carpegna, C.R. (1656-1657)
  • Cardinal Marco Galli (1659-1683)
Sede vacante (1683–1687)
  • Cardinal Domenico Maria Corsi (1687-1697)
  • Cardinal Gianantonio Davia (1698-1726)
  • Cardinal Renato Massa (1726-1744)
  • Alessandro Giuccioli (1745-1752)
  • Marco Antonio Zollio (1752-1757)
  • Giovanni Battista Stella (1757-1758)
  • Ludovico Valenti (1759-1763)
  • Francesco Castellini (1763-1777)
  • Andrea Minucci (1777-1779)
  • Vincenzo Ferretti (1779-1806)

Since 1800

  • Gualfardo Ridolfi (1807–1818)
  • Giovanni Francesco Guerrieri (1819–1822)
  • Giovanni Marchetti (1822–1824) Vicar Apostolic
  • Ottavio Zollio (1824-1832)
  • Francesco Gentilini (1833-1844)
  • Salvatore Leziroli (1845-1860)
Sede vacante (1860-1863)
  • Luigi Clementi (1863-1869)
Sede vacante (1869-1871)
  • Luigi Paggi (1871–1876)
  • Luigi Raffaele Zampetti (1876–1878)
  • Francesco Battaglini (1879–1882)
  • Alessandro Chiaruzzi (1882–1891)
  • Domenico Fegatelli (1891–1900)
  • Vincenzo Scozzoli (1900–1944)
  • Luigi Santa, I.M.C. (1945–1953)
  • Emilio Biancheri (1953–1976)
  • Giovanni Locatelli (1977–1988)
  • Mariano De Nicolò (1989–2007 retired)
  • Francesco Lambiasi (2007–2022 retired)
  • Nicolò Anselmi (2022- )

See also

References

  1. Kehr IV, p. 158.
  2. Cheney, David M. "Diocese of Rimini". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved June 16, 2018.
  3. Chow, Gabriel. "Diocese of Rimini (Italy)". GCatholic.org. Retrieved June 16, 2018.
  4. Ughelli II, p. 410: "Cathedralis Ecclesia antiquissima est sub invocatione S. Columbae, cum XII canonicis, duabus dignitatibus ornatur, Praepositura scilicet atque Archidiaconatu, quibus rursus accedunt octo mansionarii, atque capellani quinque; Capitulum duo simplicia beneficia obtinet, mensaeque capitulari quinque curati junguntur...."
  5. "Rinunce e nomine". press.vatican.va. Retrieved 2023-11-06.
  6. Lanzoni, p. 707.
  7. Tonini, Storia di Rimini II, p. 510: "Hec aül illis fecimus ad honorē spiritus sci cui uocabulū est s(an)c(ta)e colūbe et ad honorē s(an)c(t)orum Facundini et Iuuentini et Peregrini felicitatisq(ue)." Kehr IV, p. 163.
  8. "La Gambalunga racconta: San Gaudenzio patrono di Rimini" [Gambalunga tells: Saint Gaudentius, patron saint of Rimini]. Biblioteca Civica Gambalunga (in Italian). Retrieved 11 January 2024.
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  10. Lanzoni, p. 708.
  11. Karl Joseph von Hefele (1876). A History of the Councils of the Church: A.D. 326 to A.D. 429. Vol. II. T. & T. Clark. pp. 250–259.
  12. J. D. Mansi, Sacrorum Conciliorum nova et amplissima collectio, editio novissima, Tomus IX (Florence: A. Zatta 1763), p. 60.
  13. Lanzoni, p. 713.
  14. Nardi, p. 44: "Agnello fu forse il primo Vescovo, secondo le memorie Riminosi, ed il Villani, che ebbe qualche ingerenza coi Magistrati di Rimino sul Temporale della Città a nome del Papa." That would have been Pope Gregory III (731-741) or Pope Zacharias (741–752).
  15. Peter Damiani, Liber Gratissimus chapter 29 [Migne, Patrologia Tomus CXLV, p. 142. Nardi, pp. 79-80: "Sed dum haec aliquando cum religìosis quibusdam Episcopis agerem, ecce nunc in memoriam redit, quod Ubertus Ariminensis, reverendissimus vidélicet et honestissimus Praesul attulit. Aequivocus (Ubertus III), inquit praedecessor meus Ubertus Episcopus in sacrae sedis acquirendae commercio, teste provincia, nongentis Papiensis monetae libris (900 lb.) appendit, qui tamen postmodum B. Arduinum ... in presbiterum consecravit...."
  16. Ferdinand Gregorovius (1898). History of the City of Rome in the Middle Ages. Vol. VI, part 2. London: G. Bell & sons. p. 603.
  17. J. N. D. Kelly and M. J. Walsh, Oxford Dictionary of Popes, second edition (Oxford 2010). pp. 236-238.
  18. Cappelletti II, p. 421. Tonini, Compendio, p. 322.
  19. Eubel III, p. 118.
  20. Nardi, pp. 290, 294, 295.
  21. Bullarum diplomatum et privilegiorum sanctorum romanorum pontificum taurinensis editio (in Latin). Vol. Tomus XI. Turin: A. Vecco et sociis editoribus, success. Sebastiani Franco et filiorum. 1867. pp. 146–154.
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  24. Tonini, Compendio II, p. 238.
  25. Tonini, Compendio II, pp. 230-237.
  26. Tonini, Compendio II, pp. 237-238.
  27. Tonini, Compendio II, pp. 240.
  28. Tonini, Compendio II, p. 239.
  29. Tonini, Compendio II, pp. 241-242, 246.
  30. Nardi, pp. 319-320. Cappelletti II, p. 323. Tonini, Compendio II, p. 376.
  31. Benedictus XIV (1842). "Lib. I. caput secundum. De Synodi Dioecesanae utilitate". Benedicti XIV ... De Synodo dioecesana libri tredecim (in Latin). Vol. Tomus primus. Mechlin: Hanicq. pp. 42–49. John Paul II, Constitutio Apostolica de Synodis Dioecesanis Agendis (March 19, 1997): Acta Apostolicae Sedis 89 (1997), pp. 706-727. Andrea Tilatti, "Sinodi diocesane e concili provinciali in italia nord-orientale fra Due e Trecento. Qualche riflessione," Mélanges de l'Ecole française de Rome. Moyen-Age, Temps modernes T. 112, N°1. 2000, pp. 273-304.
  32. Parisani was present at the sessions of January–September 1562, and July, November, and December 1563. Nardi, pp. 282-283.
  33. Nardi, p. 283. Cappelletti II, p. 421.
  34. Giovanni Battista Castelli (1593). Decreta dioecesanae synodi primae Ariminensis. A Reverendiss. patre Dom. Joan. Baptista Castellio Dei, & Apostolicæ Sedis gratia Arimini episcopo habitæ: Anno Domini. M.D. LXXVII. sept. id. maii (in Latin). Bononiae: Alexandrum Benatium.
  35. Giovanni Battista Castelli (1593). Decreta Dioecesanae, Synodi Secundae Ariminensis à Joan. Bapt. Castellio, Arimini Episcopo habitae, anno 1578, 13 Kal. Julii (in Latin). Rimini: Joan. Simbeneus.
  36. Giovanni Battista Castello (1580). Decreta dioecesanae synodi tertiae Ariminensis, a reuerendissimo patre D. Io. Baptista Castellio ... Arimini episcopo, habitae anno Domini 1580. sexto decimo Kalen. Iulij (in Latin). Rimini: apud Ioannem Simbeneum.
  37. J. D. Mansi (ed.), Sacrorum Conciliorum nova et amplissima collectio, editio novissima, Tomus XXXVI (Paris: Hubert Welter 1913), pp. 379-382; 402; 937.
  38. Cypriano Pavonio (1624). Decreta Dioecesanae Synodi Ariminensis primae, à Cypriano Pavonio, Ecclesiae Ariminensis episcopo Celebratae, anno 1624 ; quibus acceperunt Decreta in sex Synodi, olim Diversis temporibus promulgata et Marginalibus annotationibus aucta (in Latin). Rimini: Joan. Symbenius.
  39. Angelo Cesi (1630). Constitutiones synodi Ariminensis primae ab illustrissimo, ... D. Angelo Caesio eiusdem ciuitatis episcopo celebratae 19.18. & 17. Kal. Iun. 1630 (in Latin). Rimini: per Io: Symbenium.
  40. J. D. Mansi (ed.), Sacrorum Conciliorum nova et amplissima collectio, editio novissima, Tomus XXXVI (Paris: Hubert Welter 1924), p. 229.
  41. Federicus Sforza (1654). Synodi Ariminensis primae constitutiones celebratae XV. XIV. et XIII. Kal. Junij 1654 (in Latin). Rimini: Symbenus Symbenius.
  42. Constitutiones dioecesanae synodi Ariminensis primae, sub illustriss. et reverendiss. d. d. Honorato de Honoratis, primo episcopo Vrbaniae et Sancti Angeli, ivssv illust & reve(erendissi)mi d. domini Marci Gallii, Dei et s. sedis apost. gratia episcopi Arimini, atque ss. d. n. Alexandri diuina prou. pp. VII ad Tractum Rhenanum citerioresque partes nuncii... (Rimini: Symbenus Synbenius 1662).
  43. Nardi, p. 307. Gauchat, Hierarchia catholica IV, p. 95, note 7.
  44. Constitutiones Synodi Ariminensis ab... D. Marco Gallio prelato assistente al soglio, celebrate die Decimo sexto, quinto, et quarto Kal. Ianuar. Anno D. 1674, Arimini, ex Typographia Symbenij, 1675.
  45. Domenico Corsi (1696). Synodus dioecesana ab eminentissimo, & reverendissimo d.d. Dominico Maria S. Eustachii S.R.E. diacono cardinali Cursio episcopo Ariminensi in ecclesia cathedrali Arimini celebrata anno domini 1696 (in Latin). Rimini: apud impressores episcopales.
  46. Mansi, Tomus XXXVI, p. 889.
  47. Ughelli II, p. 412, Lanzoni, pp. 707-710.
  48. Bishop Stennius (Stemnio) was present at the Roman synod of 313. Ughelli II, pp. 411-412. J.D. Mansi (ed.), Sacrorum Conciliorum nova et amplissima collectio, editio novissima, Tomus II, p. 437 (spelling the name Stemnius). Carlo Tonini (1895), pp. 86-88. Lanzoni, p. 710.
  49. Eutychius: Lanzoni, pp. 710-711.
  50. Joannes' name appears in a list of addressees of a letter of Pope Gelasius I, but does not name his diocese. Rimini is a conjecture. Lanzoni, p. 712.
  51. Stephanus: Lanzoni, p. 712.
  52. Ocleatinus was elected bishop of Rimini by the clergy and people, but was rejected by Pope Gregory I. Lanzoni, p. 713. Kehr IV, p. 159, nos. 1, 2.
  53. Castorius was already in office in January 592, when he received a letter from Pope Gregory I. In April, the pope thanked the Bishop of Ravenna for helping Castorius, who was ill (molestia corporis), in taking up his charge, but advised him to help Castorius to get to Rome, by ship via Sicily if necessary. In March 593, Castorius was in Rome, and the pope delegated Bishop Leontius of Urbino to be Visitor of the diocese of Rimini. By June 595 Castorius was back in Rimini. He resigned in May 599, with the consent of Pope Gregory I. Lanzoni, p. 713. Kehr IV, p. 160, no. 3-8, p. 161, nos. 12-14.
  54. Leontius: Kehr IV, p. 161, no. 10.
  55. Sebastianus: Kehr IV, p. 161, nos. 11, 14.
  56. Joannes was installed in July 599. Lanzoni, p. 713. Kehr IV, p. 161, no. 15, 17.
  57. Bishop Paulus attended the Roman synod of Pope Agatho in 679, and subscribed the synodical letter which was sent to the Third Council of Constantinople of 680. J. D. Mansi (ed.), Sacrorum Conciliorum nova et amplissima collectio, editio novissima, Tomus XI (Florence: Zatta 1766), p. 312 (The Greek text is clear, the Latin text is garbled). Nardi, p. 41-43.
  58. Bishop Agnellus was present at the Roman synod of Pope Zacharias of 743. Ughelli II, p. 419. J. D. Mansi (ed.), Sacrorum Conciliorum nova et amplissima collectio, editio novissima, Tomus XII (Florence: Zatta 1766), p. 384c.
  59. Bishop Tiberius sent the priest Sabbatius to represent him at the Lateran Council of Pope Stephen III in April 769. Mansi, Tomus XII, p. 715.
  60. Bishop Stephanus attended the Roman synod of Pope Eugenius II in 826. Ughelli II, p. 419. Mansi, Tomus XIV, p. 999.
  61. Bishop Joannes was present at the Roman synod of Pope Nicholas I on 18 November 861. Mansi, Tomus XV (Venice 1770), p. 603. Nardi, p. 47.
  62. Bishop Delto was sent on three papal missions: to Venice in 876, to Milan in 879, and to Ravenna in 881. Ughelli II, p. 419 (under the name Waltonus). Kehr IV, p. 162, no. 18.
  63. Niccolo was not a real bishop of Rimini. His existence is based on a single document, the dedication of the monastery of Santa Croce in the diocese of Fermo, which has been shown to be a forgery. Nardi, pp. 50-51
  64. Bishop Joannes was present at the synod of Ravenna on 25 April 967, with Pope John XIII and the Emperor Otto I. He subscribed a bull for Pope John XIII on 2 January 968. Mansi, Tomus XVIII (Venice 1773), p. 500. Cappelletti II, pp. 385-386. Schwartz, p. 251.
  65. Hubertus attended the Roman council of 998, headed by Pope Gregory V and the Emperor Otto III. Mansi, Tomus XIX, p. 227. Cappelletti II, pp. 386-387. Schwartz, p. 251.
  66. Nardi, pp. 63-64. Cappelletti II, p. 387.
  67. Hubertus II: Schwartz, p. 251.
  68. Bishop Monaldus attended the Roman Synod of Pope John XIV in December 1024. He also attended the Roman synod of Pope Benedict IX on 2 November 1036. Schwartz, pp. 251-252.
  69. Bishop Humbertus was at the Roman synod of Pope Alexander II on 6 May 1065. Schwartz, p. 252.
  70. Bishop Opizo joined the schism of the Emperor Henry IV and antipope Clement III (Archbishop Wibert of Ravenna) c. 1084. Schwartz, p. 252.
  71. Rainerus subscribed a bull for Pope Calixtus II. On 21 May 1144, Pope Clement III confirmed the privileges and property of the Church of Rimini for Bishop Rainerius, and ordered that Rimini not be subject to any other bishop than the Bishop of Rome. Schwartz, p. 253. Kehr IV, p. 162, no. 20.
  72. Albericus: Kehr IV, p. 165, no. 5.
  73. Bishop Joselinus was present at the Third Lateran Council of Pope Alexander III in March 1179. He was still Bishop of Rimini in June 1182. Ughelli II, p. 423. Mansi, Tomus XX, p. 459. Nardi, pp. 99-100.
  74. The authorities assert, but without documentary evidence, that Rufinus, who had been Bishop of Nola, was transferred to Rimini in 1185 ("Tutti i nostri Storici concordemente asseriscono e coi medesimi concordano l'Ughelli, il Coleto, e Monsig Ferretti, che dalla Chiesa Nolana fu alla nostra traslatato nel 1185 Rufino." (Nardi, p. 100) Rufinus subscribed documents as a cardinal from 20 August 1190 to 26 July 1191. In a letter of 25 May 1192, Pope Lucius III speaks of Cardinal Rufinus as deceased: "b. m. Rufinus s. Praxedis presb. card., Ariminensis ep., apost. sedis legatus. Kehr V, p. 166, no. 5. Elfriede Kartusch, Das Cardinalskollegiumin der Zeit von 1181–1227 (Doctoral dissertation Vienna 1948), pp. 392-394.
  75. Hugo: Nardi, pp. 102-105.
  76. Bonaventura: Eubel, Hierarchia catholica I, p. 107 with note 1.
  77. Benno: Nardi, pp. 113-116.
  78. Gualterius: Nardi, p. 117. Cappelletti II, p. 398.
  79. Nardi states that Rainerius is always called Bishop-elect. Nardi, pp. 117-118. Cappelletti II, p. 398.
  80. Ugolinus: Gams, p. 722. Eubel I, p. 107.
  81. On 11 February 1251, Bishop Algisius was transferred to the diocese of Bergamo by Pope Innocent IV. He resigned in 1259, and died in 1267. Eubel I, pp. 107, 396.
  82. Jacobus: Gams, p. 722. Eubel I, p. 107.
  83. Ambrosius had been Prior of the convent of Dominicans in Orvieto at the time of his appointment. There had been two attempts at an election, both of which were quashed by Pope Clement IV as having been uncanonical. The pope then appointed Ambrosius on 5 October 1265, and ordered him to be consecrated by the Bishop of Ostia, Enrico de Bartholomaeis. Ambrosius died in 1277. Thomas Ripoll (1729). Bullarium ordinis ff. praedicatorum (in Latin). Rome: Typographia Hieronymi Mainardi. p. 458. Ughelli II, p. 424. Eubel I, p. 107 with note 2.
  84. Guido had previously been a Canon of the cathedral of Reggio Emilia, and then Bishop of Reggio Emilia (1312–1329). He was transferred to Rimini on 11 October 1329 by Pope John XXII. Bishop Guido was transferred to the diocese of Ferrara on 29 February 1332. He died on 21 April 1349. Eubel I, pp. 107, 248, 417.
  85. Bishop Bernardus was transferred to the diocese of Spoleto by Pope Gregory XI on 10 February 1371. He was transferred to Bologna on 18 July 1371. He was transferred to the diocese of Nîmes by Pope Clement VII on 8 October 1383. He was then transferred to Limoges on 14 December 1390, where he died in 1403. Eubel I, pp. 107, 141 with note 10, 301, 361, 461.
  86. Cristoforo: Eubel, Hierarchia catholica II, p. 95.
  87. Vagnucci was transferred to the diocese of Perugia by Pope Nicholas V.
  88. Vincentius was a nephew of Cardinal Carafa, and had been given the diocese of Rimini at the age of 20, far too young to be consecrated a bishop. For 7 years, therefore, the diocese continued to be administered on his behalf. He was transferred to the diocese of Naples on 1 April 1505. He was not consecrated a bishop until 1543. Eubel II, p. 95 with note 5; III, p. 255 with note 4.
  89. Cardinal del Monte served as administrator from 7 April 1529 to 24 May 1529. He resigned upon the appointment of a regular bishop.
  90. Castelli: Nardi, pp. 289-295.
  91. Torfanini had been a Canon of Bologna. He was appointed Bishop of Rimini on 28 November 1584 by Pope Gregory XIII. He was consecrated in Bologna on 26 February 1585. He arrived in his diocese in April. He died on 13 February 1591. Nardi, pp. 295-296. Eubel III, p. 118 with notes 11 and 12.
  92. Salicini had been a professor of law at the University of Bologna, and a Consultor of the Holy Office of the Inquisition in Rome. He was appointed by Pope Gregory XIV on 5 April 1591. He took formal possession of his diocese on 22 June 1591. He was Vice-Legate of the pope in the Romagna at least from 1592. In 1604 he introduced the Theatines into his diocese. He died on 11 October 1606. Nardi, pp. 296-298. Eubel III, p. 118.
  93. Gessi was a Roman prelate; he had been a Referendary of the Two Signatures, having been given the post through the influence of his uncle who was an Auditor of the Rota. He was Secretary of the Congregation of Bishops and Regulars. He was appointed bishop of Rimini on 13 November 1606, by Pope Paul V. Four days after he took possession of his diocese, he departed for Venice, where he had been named papal nuncio; he served there until 1618. In 1618, he asked permission to resign the diocese of Rimini, which was granted in the next year; he resigned on 20 November 1619. He was Governor of Rome from 1618 to 1623, and then Prefect of the Apostolic Palace (papal majordomo). He was appointed a cardinal in 1626 by Pope Urban VIII. He died on 6 April 1639. Nardi, pp. 298- Eubel III, p. 118 with note 14. Gauchat, Hierarchia catholica IV, p. 95 with note 2.
  94. Pavoni belonged to the Olivetan Congregation of the Order of S. Benedict. It is stated that he was abbot of that monastery. He was appointed bishop on 20 November 1619. He held a diocesan general visitation in 1620, and a diocesan synod in 1624. He died in 1627, before 19 July, the date of his successor's appointment. Nardi, pp. 300-301. Gauchat IV, p. 95 with note 3.
  95. Cesi worked in Rome at the Sacred Congregation of Bishops from 1629 to 1632. In 1637, he conducted an official visitation of the cathedral and the churches of the city of Rimini. In April 1645, Pope Innocent X sent him as papal nuncio to Venice, where, on 11 August 1646 he fell ill. He died in Venice on 20 September 1646, at the age of forty-four. Nardi, pp. 302-303. Gauchat IV, p. 95 with note 4.
  96. A Roman, Sforza was named Bishop of Rimini on 19 November 1646 by Pope Innocent X. He had already been named a cardinal on 6 March 1645. He was consecrated a bishop on 30 December 1646. At the same time, Sforza served as Pro-camerlengo of the Holy Roman Church, from 27 September 1645 to 12 July 1653. Despite his duties in Rome, he conducted a visitation of the cathedral in 1650, and held a diocesan synod in 1654. He resigned the diocese in June 1656. Nardi, pp. 303-305. Gauchat IV, pp. 28, no. 9; 95 with note 5.
  97. A native of Rome, Carpegna was a Theatine. He was appointed on 26 June 1656, by Pope Alexander VII. He died on 26 September 1657, after fifteen months in office. Nardi, pp. 305-306. Gauchat IV, p. 95 with note 6.
  98. Galli: Gauchat IV, p. 95 with note 7.
  99. The Provost of the cathedral Chapter served as Vicar Capitular. Cappelletti II, p. 426.
  100. Corsi was named a cardinal by Pope Innocent XI on 2 September 1686. He was appointed papal legate of the Romandiola on 3 March 1687, and named Bishop of Rimini on 7 July 1687. He presided over a diocesan synod in 1696. He died in Rimini on 6 November 1697. Nardi, pp. 309-310. Ritzler and Sefrin, Hierarchia catholica V, pp. 14, no. 37 with notes 7 and 8; 99 with note 3.
  101. De Via (Davia) was named Bishop of Rimini on 10 March 1698, by Pope Innocent XII. He had already been consecrated titular Bishop of Thebes. He was sent by the pope as nuncio to Poland, and then on 15 January 1701, Pope Clement XI named him nuncio to the Emperor Leopold I, a post he held until March 1706. He held synods in Rimini in 1711 and 1724. He was named a cardinal on 18 May 1712. He resigned the diocese of Rimini in 1726, and took up duties in Rome (member of the Congregation of the Holy Office, of the Congregation of Bishops and Regulars, of Immunity, and of the Propaganda. He died in Rome on 11 January 1740. Nardi, pp. 310-311. Ritzler and Sefrin V, p. 99 with note 4.
  102. Ritzler and Sefrin V, p. 99 with note 5.
  103. Guccioli: Ritzler and Sefrin VI, p. 100 with note 2.
  104. Zollio: Ritzler and Sefrin VI, p. 100 with note 3.
  105. Stella: Ritzler and Sefrin VI, p. 100 with note 4.
  106. Valen ti: Ritzler and Sefrin VI, p. 100 with note 5.
  107. Castellini: Ritzler and Sefrin VI, p. 100 with note 6.
  108. Minucci had previously been Bishop of Feltre (1757–1777). He was transferred to Rimini by Pope Pius VI on 15 December 1777. He was transferred to the archdiocese of Fermo on 20 September 1779. He died in Fermo on 19 April 1803. Ritzler and Sefrin VI, p. 100 with note 7; 214 with note 3; 216 with note 3.
  109. Ferretti was born in Ancona in 1740, the son of Count Alessandro Ferretti. He held the degree of Doctor in utroque iure from the University of Bologna (1762). He was Vicar General of the diocese of Ancona. He was also a Consultor of the Holy Office (Inquisition) in Ancona. On 17 July 1775 he was appointed Bishop of Rieti. On 20 September 1779 he was named Bishop of Rimini. He died on 12 (or 18) June 1806. Mordechai Feingold (2012). History of Universities: Volume XXVI/2. OUP Oxford. p. 134. ISBN 978-0-19-966838-0. Ritzler and Sefrin VI, pp. 100 with note 8; 354 with note 5.
  110. Ridolfi: Cappelletti II, pp. 429-430.
  111. Guerrieri was accused of maladministration, summoned to Rome, and compelled to resign the diocese. Cappelletti II, p. 430.
  112. Marchetti served until June 1824. Cappelletti II, pp. 430-431.
  113. A native of Fabrica di Roma, Clementi had been BIshop of Macerata e Tolentino (1846–1851). He was named titular Archbishop of Damascus (Syria) to qualify him to be a papal nuncio (to Mexico and Central America). He was appointed bishop of Rimini on 21 December 1863, and allowed to retain the title of archbishop. He died on 30 January 1869. Ritzler and Sefrin, Hierarchia catholica VIII, pp. 122, 238.
  114. Paggi resigned on 29 September 1876, and was appointed titular Archbishop of Heliopolis (Syria). He died on 22 January 1877. Ritzler and Sefrin VIII, pp. 122, 301.
  115. Zampetti had previously been Bishop of Cagli (1875–1876). He was transferred to the diocese of Rimini on 29 September 1876. He died on 23 November 1878. Ritzler and Sefrin VIII, pp. 122, 172.
  116. Battaglini was named Archbishop of Bologna by Pope Leo XIII on 3 July 1882. He was named a cardinal on 27 July 1885. He died on 8 July 1892. Ritzler and Sefrin VIII, pp. 47, 122, 153. Martin Bräuer (2014). Handbuch der Kardinäle: 1846-2012 (in German). Berlin: De Gruyter. pp. 135–136. ISBN 978-3-11-026947-5.
  117. Chiaruzzi: Ritzler and Sefrin VIII, p. 122.
  118. Born in Citta della Pieve in 1842, Fegatelli had previously been Bishop of Citta di Castello (1888–1891). He was appointed Bishop of Rimini on 1 June 1891. He resigned on 17 December 1900, and was named titular Bishop of Scythopolis (Syria). He died on 23 January 1905. Ritzler and Sefrin VIII, pp. 122, 207, 506.
  119. Locatelli was transferred to the diocese of Vigevano by Pope Paul VI.
  120. Lambiasi had previously been Bishop of Anagni-Alatri (1999–2007). He was transferred to Rimini by Pope Benedict XVI on 3 July 2007. CV of the bishop: Diocesi di Rimini, "Vescovo: S.E. Reverendissima Monsignor Francesco Lambiasi;" retrieved: 5 November 2020, (in Italian).
  121. "Rinunce e nomine". press.vatican.va. Retrieved 2023-11-06.

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